Thursday, 27 October 2011

I follow 62 people on Twitter at this point. Compared to a lot of people on
Twitter, that's really not many, but with only 62 people to tweet I still have
days when I check my feed after a few hours and I have 100+ tweets.

tweet! tweet! tweet!
even the sound of birds get annoying

How am i supposed to read and retain all of that?!

Plus on a daily basis I try my best to read the Winnipeg Free Press online,
the Metro, and any important article that CBC Manitoba may tweet. Plus I have
my friends and classmates linking me to news articles all day on Facebook and
Twitter from different news sources which I try to read as well.

I still feel like I'm constantly behind in the media.

Information overload will claim the sanity of countless students every year.

It is so difficult to feel like you have all the correct information on a
new story when it's easy to find and read countless articles, blogs, and
editorials about the topic. How do you know exactly what's relevant and
what's not? How do you know if you're reading something completely slanted to
one side of the debate?

I just want to be able to hold my own in an intellectual conversation about
recent events. But wait... that's another way we gain information. Word of
mouth.

So there's really no way to escape information overload if you want to feel
like a working member of society, is there?

outside can be nice too

To be as properly informed as I would like to be I would have to:

-watch the morning news when I get up

-listen to the radio on the way to school

-read the papers when I'm in line for my morning
coffee

-check the blogs as soon as I get to class

-simultaneously have my news apps going on my iPad

-tweet about all that I've read so far, then read
the replies I get

-repeat previous steps using different papers,
stations, and blogs

With all that crammed into my day plus all day school and all night work, sleep would
become obsolete. Oh yeah... and assignments and studying.

Maybe that's the way some people live, but I can't do it. I have deadlines,
study material, my job, and some days even a personal life bouncing around my
mind.

I love being informed. I love feeling like I have a grasp on reality, and on
the world around me but sometimes I need a break. I need my time to enjoy
music, and outside. That's the real world to me.

lazy cabin days. No cell service, internet, or TV.

Not my computer, my iPad, or my Twitter and Facebook feed.

I would rather have a couple hours a day of ignorance to enjoy life.
Information is important, but when you look back on your student life you can
remember your iPhone, Twitter, Facebook, and news apps.

OR

You can remember the people in your life, the relationships you formed, and
the moments you enjoyed and really lived. Real memories.

Sunday, 23 October 2011

Today my car beats have been Bloc Party's album Silent Alarm.
Bloc Party is not meant to be played quiet and my one gal air band is not either.

I've figured out over the years how to keep my band hidden though and I've assembled a few rules:
-Never perform when oncoming traffic is busy
-Never perform when following behind someone you know
-Never perform around your desination point, especially when its work
-Only perform to your full capabilities when alone.
-Never begin a performance until you're out of your driveway

Follow these quick guidelines and your one man car air band will remain anonymously.
Keep jamming.

I used to study and do homework at starbucks or the UofM... now i study in my sweatpants in my room because that's the only place we're fully accepted. My UofW sweatpants got wierd looks at UofM.

I used to go on osborne shopping days or make the trek out to Polo Park.. now I shop online because the girls at stores dont help people that look homeless get stuff off the top shelves.

All I want to do on weekend is sleep and spend quality time with my sweatpants watching TV on my laptop.
I don't watch TV on the TV anymore because I think it's even unacceptable to be in sweats in the middle of the day in my own house.

I can hear the wind blowing from my room so that's a definite NO on the leaving my bed until I have to go to work.

That's about as far as my cooking skills go.
I typically live in a world of grilled cheese sandwiches and chicken fingers.
I can make a mean stir fry; but that's really my only talent.
Anyone have any easy student friendly recipes for me?